hooded

[ hood-id ]

adjective

1. having, or covered with, a hood:

   a hooded jacket.

2. having the shape of a hood; hood-shaped.
3. Zoology. having on the head a hoodlike formation, crest, arrangement of colors, or the like.
4. Botany. cucullate.

hooded

/ ˈhʊdɪd /

adjective

1. covered with, having, or shaped like a hood
2. (of eyes) having heavy eyelids that appear to be half closed

Other Words From

• hooded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hooded¹

First recorded in 1400–50, hooded is from the late Middle English word hodid. See hood ¹, -ed ³

Example Sentences

This may not be the first time the unidentified hooded man left a suspicious bag in the Torrance area.

From Los Angeles Times

A man wearing a red hooded top was seen handcuffed and surrounded by police.

From BBC

The moment two hooded men exited a car holding sub-machine guns and began firing outside the airport terminal was caught on security camera.

From BBC

Jurors previously heard she had been hooded, burned, bitten and beaten during more than two years of abuse.

From BBC

Security surveillance video showed two hooded men jogging up to the home before the slaying.

From Los Angeles Times